Weighing in on the Dumbbell Nebula
The Dumbbell nebula, also known as Messier 27, pumps out infrared light in this image from NASA Spitzer Space Telescope. Planetary nebulae are now known to be the remains of stars that once looked a lot like our sun.
- Date
- 2011-08-10
- Photographer / author
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA
- Collection
- JPL
- Archive
- NASA Image and Video Library
- Type
- photograph
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"Weighing in on the Dumbbell Nebula" (2011-08-10). NASA/JPL/NASA/JPL-Caltech/Harvard-Smithsonian CfA. Public domain. https://images.nasa.gov/details/PIA14417Need photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 25024.
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